Discover Snapshots

Discover snapshots of EBS volumes based on specified criteria.

Source code • Permissions

Only snapshots owned by the account are returned.

Usage

Input

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
volume_ids	Get snapshots that originate from specific volumes	list(string)	No	All volumes
snapshot_ids	Snapshot IDs to focus on	list(string)	No	All snapshots
unencrypted	Get only unencrypted snapshots	bool	No	False
exclude_aws_backup	Exclude snapshots managed by AWS Backup	bool	No	False
created_before	Get snapshots created before date (YYYY/MM//DD)	string	No	None
created_after	Get snapshots created after date (YYYY/MM//DD)	string	No	None
region	Region for operation. Leave blank for session default	string	No	Session Default
debug	Increase log verbosity	bool	No	False
silent	Decrease log verbosity	bool	No	False
output	Output format table	string	No	None
session	Established session	object	No	None

Output

Returns a list of discovered snapshot IDs:

['snap-1234567890abcdef0', 'snap-abcdef1234567890']

Examples

Fetch all snapshots in eu-west-2:

aaws ec2 discover_snapshots --region eu-west-2

Fetch snapshots created before 2024/01/01 and not managed by AWS Backup:

aaws ec2 discover_snapshots --exclude__aws_backup --created_before 2024/01/01

Examples

Fetch all snapshots in eu-west-2:

from avtomat_aws import ec2

response = ec2.discover_snapshots(region="eu-west-2")

Fetch snapshots created before 2024/01/01 and not managed by AWS Backup:

from avtomat_aws import ec2

response = ec2.discover_snapshots(exclude_aws_backup=True,
                                  created_before="2024/01/01")